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Vagabond Episode 2: Mourning For The Victims Of The Plane Crash In Morocco

Well, it looks like I'm just going to do some compromise such as maybe, write a review based on two episodes per week (so I can watch two in one and SAVE TIME) in one in the following reviews. At this time, I think about the latest plot material involved. I might be wrong Hae Ri did the shooting and maybe, somebody else with a black cloak was out there. Hae Ri is a member of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) who may be in pursuit of the same case.

I dunno are the producers behind Vagabond watching Tokusatsu with a few Toku lookalikes? They also cast Moon Jong Hee as Jessica Lee, the president of the Asian branch of John and Mark company -- she does freaking look like Atsuko Takahata! Dae Gun barges in and reveals that one of the members of the crash SURVIVED. How that survival happened still baffles me as much as Durant surviving the helicopter crash in the first Darkman movie. Did he have some special parachute or teleportation? Granted, this has sci-fi elements going on so just prepare to suspend disbelief as many times as possible. Personally, I kinda wished Captain Masaki in Solbrain would restrain Dal Gun but he's not Jun Masuda -- the actor Hidenori Iura (who played as Doctor Man's son in Bioman) would be in his 50s by now. Lee Seung Gi freaking looks like said Japanese actor! Suzy Bae looks a lot like Maaya Uchida. 

The whole chase, the whole attempt to reveal the terrorist behind the "accident" is really tough. Edward Park enters remorseful and reveals he's lost both his wife and daughter. He reveals that for Dynamic Systems that it's just a number. Dal Gun does also get into a situation with Hae Ri because she doesn't seem to remember. The cameras were messed up or did the killer named Jerome used some concealer to cover his scar. But he's sure one freakishly deadly person who's probably sent by Jessica. Jessica is shown to be cold-blooded and it's hinted that she ordered the assassination of Michael (who tried to call about the plane crash) with how she approached a dead corpse. Like, WTF she's freaking cold and scary! The only thing missing for her is to actually drop off Jerome down a trap door to his death like Reiko does it in Janperson! 

I think something's kinda wrong with the scene where Dal Gun meets a cloaked Hae Ri under the rain. So did Hae Ri kill Michael or not at the orders of someone or not? Or is there someone else out there wearing black and the directors are teasing us with teases? I still find it funny that an amateur stuntman turned taxi driver could actually restrain a female member of the NIA. In real life, both Seung Gi and Suzy have their training to fight. Seung Gi passed his military training a few years ago. Suzy is a black belt. I think Hae Ri could've kneed Dal Gun at the groin and maybe incapacitate him. This really just creates a silly scene where Dal Gun tries to get some answers from Hae Ri. Hae Ri does seem stupid at times and all that's probably missing is for her to cry like a cartoon character in an R-18 series.

The scene where the mourners cry is so sad. Hae Ri stands in the background. It's worse than Hiroyo Hakase having to deal with the Akibarangers landing into the sun. It really makes me think about what it means to lose a lot of people at once. For Dynamic Systems, the 211 is just a number. For Edward, it's a tragedy and I have a feeling that Jessica may order Edward's assassination soon. You could take a look at the mannerisms Jessica has towards Michael and how cold she gets. Some of those who died were merely children. I really felt that the scene could spark outrage to anyone. Those 211 people who died are not merely numbers! I can't blame the families for their violent reactions. I would be as angry as them if I were in their place!

Dal Gun's impulsiveness always gets him into trouble and even lands him in jail. He's that desperate to get the people behind the plane crash incident. He ends up falsely accusing a hotel cleaner of being in cahoots. I just love how Hae Ri manages to use her brain to negotiate out of the situation. Dal Gun did deserve some jail time for attempting to get justice himself. Hae Ri does send a copy of the video back to NIS from Morocco to South Korea for analysis. It turns out that after some analysis that we get the conversation in Spanish. This one also causes trouble when Jerome would later hack right into Dal Gun's laptop and delete the files. Jerome's life seems to be in the line should he fail. I wonder would Jessica drop him down a trap door or what? Jessica does look like a very cold woman to me. I'd be too scared to work for her! 

What's about to happen next is a real thriller!

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